Voids Filled & The Next 8 Months

The “good” : county-wide internet outtage completely disrupts office productivity. No internet = no phone = no can do.

The “bad” : laptops, blackberries, and free Sbux wifi puts some of us back in commission while the rest of the office gets to sit around watching a How I Met Your Mother marathon waiting for connectivity to be restored.

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I know it’s been a while since I’ve talked about anything other than Long Beach, Ragnar, the forever-ago-honeymoon, and reuniting with my hillbilly side…

Actually I’m not sure I’ve ever talked about anything other than running, the wedding, or being a hot-mess country train-wreck awkwardly displaced in Orange County.  I guess I finally found OUaL’s niche.

Well with the wedding over (and the honeymoon recaps almost finished, swear) something’s gonna have to fill that void.  For the sake of my liver and pre-maturely aging body, I choose running.

(for the record that does not mean there will be a lapse in booze-related frivolity, it just means there will be roughly two parts running for every one part i’m-too-old-for-this-shit)

So let’s hop straight on that train and have a look at what’s coming up (post-Long Beach) …

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Saturday 10/15  –  Chapman University 5k with Team Sparkle!

This race is 6 days after Long Beach, so my game plan will be 100% reliant on how I feel post-mary.  My 5k PR could really use some updating, but obvs my #1 priority is the marathon.

The good news is even if this is a fun/recovery/wheelchair race, I’ll be in great sparkly company!

(big thanks to Enthusiastic Runner – I won my skirt from her Favorite Things giveaway!)

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Sunday 11/6 – Iron Girl 10k  in Del Mar

(Remember when Blonde Ponytail ran this in Seattle and said it was super awesome??)

I’ve been shying away from “short” distance races the past year or so.  So much focus on 13.1 & 26.2 has left my __k times outdated and the distance scary.  Running for hours upon hours?  Ok.  Running hard and flirting with the puke-threshold?  Nah, that’s alright.

But with the increase in “speed work” (term used relatively) in my recent “training” (again, relative) it’s time to give these sprinty races a shot.  Come to mama, fast legs!

In the mood to puke/PR with me?  Iron Girl has a 15% discount code (good for both 10k & 5k) : CCIGDMJH

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Sunday 12/11 – Holiday Half presented by Run Racing

Run Racing is the same company that puts on Long Beach.  They have their shit together and I’m a fan of well-organized events.  Also, they totally suckered me with a huge discount for LB runners to sign up for this race.

You win again.  Give your marketing person a raise.

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Saturday 4/7 – Inaugural Hollywood Half  

Another “it’s such a great deal I can’t pass it up!” fail on my part.  Schwaggle (active.com’s groupon spinoff) had a promo for this race – $35.  I’ll walk on glass in nothing but a leotard for $35.

Unfortunately Heather ran a 10k put on by the same organizers and had a shit-full experience, so maybe I will end up running on glass after all.  Only time will tell.

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Friday & Saturday 4/20-21 – Ragnar Relay : SoCal

 

You’ve heard all about it by now.  We put together two teams and I’ll be with the other crazy assholes on the 6-man ultra team.  At least I had the brains to call dibs on the 2nd shortest legs.

But yeah, that’s that.  I’ve got a 15 miler in the AM so I guess I better go sleep off these beers.  Oh and that random shot the bartender made for us because it was slow and he was “bored”.  Sweet dude.  Real helpful.

OUaL Training Plan… not for the faint of heart liver I guess.

Sarah OUaL